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- Latin · borrowed fromhepar“liver”
- English todayhepar
Borrowed from Latin hepar (“liver”). Cf. liver of antimony.
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hepar
Today it means: liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown colour, sometimes used in medicine, formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalis (especially potassium). Full definition →
Latin hepar